Lembit Opik hospitalised after wrestling debut lasts just two minutes

Lembit Opik needed hospital treatment for suspected broken ribs after making his professional wrestling debut – in a match-up which lasted only two minutes.

Lembit Opik came a cropper when facing opponent Kade Callous in the wrestling ring (Picture: YouTube)

The 47-year-old former Liberal Democrat politician, who has attempted a number of quirky career changes since losing his Montgomeryshire seat in 2010, appeared in front of hundreds of fans in Welshpool on Saturday night – but proved no match for 18-stone opponent Kade Callous.

The bout ended prematurely with Opik being floored by several blows and a choke hold from his opponent.

And as he was carted off in an ambulance he said that Callous – whom he had accused of cheating in a previous bout – was ‘a bully’.

‘He destroyed me and I am very sore,’ Opik said.

‘I think I need to think about what I am doing in future, because I think I may have gone a step too far this time. I can’t say whether I will ever do this again because it is not funny. He is a bully and he hurt me.’

The match was brought to a swift end with Opik saying he had been ‘destroyed’ by his opponent (Picture: YouTube)

Callous however hit back saying that Opik had ‘no business’ attempting to take him on in the ring.

‘He didn’t even have the good grace to get trained at a wrestling school,’ he told the Shropshire Star.

‘He’s been taught a mighty lesson and I hope he doesn’t want to fight again, because I will put him in hospital again.’

Audience members described Opik’s beating as ‘brutal’ with one punter, Gene Jenkins, saying, ‘He obviously doesn’t have a future in wrestling.’

It is not the first oddball career move Opik – who formerly dated Cheeky Girls singer Gabriela Irimia – has made.

He previously attempted a career as a stand-up comedian and earlier this year appeared in a music video for little-known band The Good Sons.

He was also a contestant on I’m A Celebrity…Get Me Out Of Here in 2010.